Djehutynakht wrote:So... anyone know of any interesting fall/Halloween-ish things happening within the general Boston zone over the next week?

If you like spicy food, East Coast Grill in Inman is throwing a "Hell-o-ween" event. (Not sure what their availability is at the moment, but they just started taking reservations on Saturday, so there's a chance.)

I am holding out for a similar group that isn't full of redditors. Wandering through abandoned places with unsympathetic douchebags is like a recipe for being killed by some sort of sewer mutant or angry ghost.

I am holding out for a similar group that isn't full of redditors. Wandering through abandoned places with unsympathetic douchebags is like a recipe for being killed by some sort of sewer mutant or angry ghost.

Here here.

They might not all be bad, but... a group must be formed. And we need an exorcist or two.

Wednesday wrote:There's a great abandoned nunnery that's extremely easy to get into on the Portsmouth/Middletown line, Isaac Hill, that I explored a few years back with some friends when I still lived on the Island. It's off of West Main just south of West Main pizza, if you were interested in driving up to it to check it out. I can probably get in touch with an old friend to grab and post some of the pictures we took there - we had a few shots of pleasantly creepy dust orbs that entertain most people.

Thanks for the heads up. I meant to check it out then reply, but have been lazy. The pictures would be appreciated.

Wednesday wrote:There's a great abandoned nunnery that's extremely easy to get into on the Portsmouth/Middletown line, Isaac Hill, that I explored a few years back with some friends when I still lived on the Island. It's off of West Main just south of West Main pizza, if you were interested in driving up to it to check it out. I can probably get in touch with an old friend to grab and post some of the pictures we took there - we had a few shots of pleasantly creepy dust orbs that entertain most people.

Thanks for the heads up. I meant to check it out then reply, but have been lazy. The pictures would be appreciated.

ooooh that sounds like fun!

"She’s a free spirit, a wind-rider, she’s at one with nature, and walks with the kodama eidolons”

Indeed, that would probably break some kind of safety regulations. That said, I live an hour or two's walk from Boston... I would not be averse to doing something like that. Do you know if you need to sign up for the event, or...? Also important to consider is that the comic was done very well in a two-dimensional medium. I question whether this project could be scaled up to three dimensions. While it's easy to assume there were structures behind what is seen, there is no easy way to tell what they might look like.

123seven3 wrote:Indeed, that would probably break some kind of safety regulations. That said, I live an hour or two's walk from Boston... I would not be averse to doing something like that. Do you know if you need to sign up for the event, or...? Also important to consider is that the comic was done very well in a two-dimensional medium. I question whether this project could be scaled up to three dimensions. While it's easy to assume there were structures behind what is seen, there is no easy way to tell what they might look like.

Also, I will bring my own bucket if you want.

Heh. If it was to be pursued (I suppose we need to find someone who is both a sandcastle and an xkcd enthusiast) then, yes, I think you need to sign up for it. It's mostly a professional competition/exhibition of sorts (each make their own sculpture and everyone also collaborates on a central, large sculpture that has to do with something community-wise... the Boston Marathon or the Red Sox or etc. along with sponsor logos).

I'd guess a Time project would be excluded by both the large non-sand structure as well as it's size (presuming we built to scale). We could try and persuade them to make it the central sculpture maybe. Or just as a special non-competing addition.

So, PAX is in a month. I will be driving over from Albany, and would love to hang out with/ meet some more of you folks. I had a great time last year when The_EGE hosted me, and would love to meet more of you.

I know a lot of forumnites choose not to go because of reasons, but I wasn't necessarily thinking of meeting up at the con anyways (because crowds and such). I was already planning on skipping at least one of the evening concerts, and wouldn't be opposed to ducking out in the middle of the day for a couple of hours to grab lunch with people or something.

rath358 wrote:So, PAX is in a month. I will be driving over from Albany, and would love to hang out with/ meet some more of you folks. I had a great time last year when The_EGE hosted me, and would love to meet more of you.

I know a lot of forumnites choose not to go because of reasons, but I wasn't necessarily thinking of meeting up at the con anyways (because crowds and such). I was already planning on skipping at least one of the evening concerts, and wouldn't be opposed to ducking out in the middle of the day for a couple of hours to grab lunch with people or something.

So that gives us a few possibilities. Anyone interested?

This sounds like a pretty neat idea. The BCEC is a pretty reasonable walk to Chinatown, where there are several good options for grabbing lunch or dinner. So the con is 4/11 - 4/13, right?

Hm. I have class on 4/12 from 9 - 4, which pretty much shoots lunch for me, and I have a recording slot on 4/13 from 10 - 3, which ditto. Uh. I could probably grab dinner some night? Otherwise maybe other folks would be able to do lunch.

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Sprocket, that definitely looks interesting, but it looks logistically difficult. Are there usually a bunch of forum people there, or just a few? I can definitely try to get there, but it will take a little bit of work.Your post says the third Friday -- has it been moved to the 11th because of PAX this April?

I would also enjoy getting dinner and/or alcohol with people some evening.

This exhibition explores the often dual nature of feminine strength in modern society- a hermetic, externalized armor, which betrays a tempestuous interior. Selections of local and international artists working in a variety of media respond to themes and intersections of identity, sexuality and nationality.

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I may head down to the finish line later on, but haven't decided yet (only just got out of bed and need coffee yet, so we'll see if I feel more ready to face tons of people after that).

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In other news, Will and I a looking for a roommate in Somerville for September.

Our current third roommate is buying a house like some kind of adult or something, and the two of us would like to stay where we are but would need a third roommate to be able to afford that. We're in the Davis Square area, about 20 minutes walking from the station but just a few minutes from 3 or 4 bus routes.

PM for more information.

(If we can't find a third for this place with as few degrees of separation as possible (meaning we don't really want to go on craigslist to find random people), we might be convinced to move if the location and company are to our liking. So also potentially let me know if you're part of a pair of people looking for a place.)

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As you all may or may not know, our useless lump of a state legislature has failed to act on raising the minimum wage and instituting earned sick time. That means that if we want a minimum wage that's higher than 8 dollars an hour (not to mention indexing to inflation, earned sick time, a tipped minimum wage that's not laughable, etc.), we have to take matters into our own hands and do it at the ballot box. And in order to get it on the ballot this fall, we need to gather a whole bunch of signatures before the middle of June.

I'm going to be doing a bunch of signature-gathering events for Raise Up Massachusetts in Camberville over the next two weeks. So if you have some spare time and meeting lots of people and supporting an important initiative sounds like fun, then PM me and we'll get those clipboards out.

I'd see if I can do anything, but I've been busy poking the General Court in other places, not to mention Boston's city hall.

(Damn Casinos... SJC better pull through..)

Spoiler:

Long story short, I'm an East Bostonian, and they want to plot a Casino here. In order for a Casino to be allowed, both our neighborhood and the adjacent one (Revere) are supposed to vote in the affirmative. We didn't, they did; The Casino owners went "Welp... we'll build it anyways, and the government has decided "why not".

A ballot measure to ban casinos statewide was struck down by AG Martha Coakley (Governor 2014!) on the grounds that we can't vote to take away their "property" (e.g. Casino bid fees/licenses), and her decision is pending appeal in the state Supreme Court.

PAX East is in like 3.5 weeks! I will be in the Boston area for the con, and would love to meet up with folks as time permits. I will be an enforcer (volunteer at the con) and this unfortunately means that I won't know my schedule during con hours until right before the event. I will pick a time once I can to meet up outside of the BCEC, probably at a restaurant or something.Anyone going to be attending?

Edit/ update: I will be in Boston early, on Thursday, March 5. I would love to meet up between 4-6:30 near the BCEC, or somewhere else as long as I have time to get to the BCEC by ~6:30 or so. Meeting up during the show is also a possibility, but a little harder to wrangle.

My schedule changed. I can now meet people between 4-6 PM Thursday (near the BCEC), noon-2 or 3 Monday (anywhere near MBTA)During the convention I will be working Tabletop Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday afternoons. Find the person with half-purple hair and say hi!

We have been known to have a good picnic from time to time, and it's supposed to be a bit cooler by the end of next week.

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